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WCDT 18-22 Apr 2011 (1906-1910)
themacnut:
You would be surprised how willing people can be to justify dumping someone by making that ex into an awful person in their own mind, especially if they're unwilling to really look into their own part in the breakup (besides, y'know, the dumping). Especially if the ex was a decent person who treated them well, and they're feeling real guilt about dumping them because of that, but yet are unwilling to take them back.
Just because we haven't seen Dora saying anything like that doesn't mean she hasn't been thinking it. And who would she discuss it with anyway? Anyone she could talk to also knows Marten and would be quick to jump to his defense if she started spouting nonsense about what a bad boyfriend he was.
Of course, if anyone has reason to be pissed and to never speak to an ex again, it's Marten. But he's there at CoD trying to open a dialog, so...
Coffee_Kaioken:
--- Quote from: themacnut on 21 Apr 2011, 19:30 ---You would be surprised how willing people can be to justify dumping someone by making that ex into an awful person in their own mind, especially if they're unwilling to really look into their own part in the breakup (besides, y'know, the dumping). Especially if the ex was a decent person who treated them well, and they're feeling real guilt about dumping them because of that, but yet are unwilling to take them back.
Just because we haven't seen Dora saying anything like that doesn't mean she hasn't been thinking it. And who would she discuss it with anyway? Anyone she could talk to also knows Marten and would be quick to jump to his defense if she started spouting nonsense about what a bad boyfriend he was.
Of course, if anyone has reason to be pissed and to never speak to an ex again, it's Marten. But he's there at CoD trying to open a dialog, so...
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You're making Dora sound like a possible BPD case.
ysth:
I want Clinton to have a twitter account, I do.
Is it cold in here?:
Just realized: we have no data about how Dora deals with exes! We never saw any of her previous boyfriends.
themacnut:
I'm not saying Dora's like this at all, but I have seen people do that, essentially demonize a decent ex to justify dumping them. Especially when the dumper is seriously in the wrong, for example they cheated or something like that. It's often easier to blame the other person than own up to their own mistakes.
Dora's at least trying to own up to her part in the breakup-but the aftermath of her first therapy session shows she's got a ways to go. EDIT: you're right Is It Cold, we've never heard Dora mention how she deals with exes, but the fact that she doesn't talk about them much, what her brother said about the kind of guys they were, along with us never having seen any of them, leads me to think she most likely is NOT friends with any of them, and would probably be happy to never see any of them again.
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